Source: FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 7/20/20


USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service in the future will handle Avian Leukosis as a “trimmable condition,”  meaning the carcasses of poultry affected with one or more of the several forms of avian leukosis complex will no longer be condemned.  The change comes in response by FSIS to a March 1, 2019 petition from the National Chicken Council.  The petition from the National Chicken Council specifically asked FSIS “ to treat lesions that could be suspected as being caused by avian leukosis as a trimmable condition and not a condition that requires whole bird condemnation.”

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